I finally managed to find some nice fresh shitake mushrooms today. I LOVE them, they have a different texture to button mushrooms and go very well in pasta dishes in my experience. I decided to whip up a light pesto pasta with them tonight, recipe follows! It’s based on this pesto pasta recipe. The hubby […]
Tags: boiled, gluten free, nuts, pan fried, pasta, quick, vegetarian
I made this salad for friends and family this week, and it went down quite well! My aunt even asked for the recipe. It’s a modification of this awesome quinoa salad recipe. Also, just so you know, quinoa has a weird pronunciation; ‘keen-wa’. More about this yummy seed at the quinoa wikipedia entry. You can […]
Tags: boiled, fruit, gluten free, nuts, quick, salad, vegetarian
I had a ball Friday night making this soup from scratch. I basically just added and added and came up with something awesome… I think so anyway! Heh. Ingredients (makes about 3-4 litres of soup, can be re-heated) 2 x 400g cans of roma diced tomatoes 1 x 400g can of red kidney beans 1 […]
Tags: blended, boiled, gluten free, pan fried, soup
This recipe is taken from the garlic bread recipe on simplyrecipes.com, but I’ve altered a few things and changed the measurements into Aussie standards (metric) for my (and your?) convenience. I made this for a bunch of friends when we got together to play Dungeons & Dragons one autumn weeknight and it was all gobbled […]
Tags: bread, not gluten free, oven baked, quick, vegetarian
Another goodie, Spinach and Ricotta Filo Triangles recipe on http://www.taste.com.au/. The grated apple caught my eye at first as strange, but it really works! I didn’t alter anything really, just seasoned the mixture inside the triangles with cracked salt and pepper before baking. I also served them with small dipping amounts of tomato, bbq & […]
Tags: not gluten free, oven baked, pastry, vegetarian